Patent application title: One Piece Container with Hinged Cap/Lid

Abstract:

A container for packaging products includes an envelope formed by a skirt
extending over the entire length of the body of the container, where the
base is open prior to being filled, a reversible closable closure such as
a cap or lid having a hinge linking the reversible closure to the
envelope, optional tamperproof means, optional child-resistant opening
means, and means for closing the open end of the envelope. The container
includes a device for controlling its internal atmosphere.

Claims:

1. One-piece container (1) for packaging products, including:(i) a casing
(2) formed by a skirt (16) extending over the entire height of the body
of said container, of which the base is open before filling,(ii)
reversible closure means of the closable cap-lid type (3) with a hinge
(4) connecting said reversible closure means (3) to the casing (2),(iii)
tightness means (14, 15) between the neck (5) of the container and the
closure means (3),(iv) a tamper evidence means (6),(v) childproof safety
means (9),(vi) means for closing the open end of the casing (2),(vii) a
device for controlling its internal atmosphere (20),characterized in
that:a) the hinge (4) of the closure means (3) connecting said closure
means (3) to the casing (2) is integral and is provided with means for
assisting the opening and closing of the cap/lid (3),b) the tamper
evidence means (6) is constituted of a tearable membrane (7) having a
planar shape and connected, by its periphery, to the internal surface of
the container (1), via a frangible area,c) the tightness means (14, 15)
include a cylindrical wall of the female type (15) located in the
extension of the casing, above the tamper evidence means (6) and a
cylindrical wall of the male type coaxial and internal to said closure
means (3), adjusted to said female-type wall (15) by closing the closure
means (3),d) the childproof safety means (9) is a device comprising a lug
(10) located on the external wall of the neck (5) of the container body,
and a recess (11) for receiving said lug (10), and located on the closure
means (3).

2. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the hinge (4) of
the reversible closure means (3) of the re-closable cap/lid type is of
the type having two predefined, so called "wide open" or "closed",
positions.

3. Container (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the
reversible closure means (3) of the re-closable cap/lid has a capacity to
be deformed under the effect of two opposite pressure forces, exerted by
the user in a diametrical plane perpendicular to the plane formed by the
lug (10) and the hinge (4), which planes both pass through the axis of
the container (1).

4. Container (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that the closure
means (3) comprises on its external face two areas of surface roughness
(12).

5. Container (1) according to claim 4, characterized in that the two areas
of surface roughness are made of grooves or of surface portions having an
greater mattness than the other portions of the closure means (3).

6. Container (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the tearable
membrane (7) of the tamper evidence means is provided with pulling means
(8) securely connected to the membrane (7).

7. Container (1) according to claim 6, characterized in that the pulling
means (8) are of the gripping ring (8) type securely connected to said
membrane (7).

8. Container (1) according to claim 7, characterized in that the gripping
ring (8) is injection moulded in a single operation and forms a single
piece with the membrane (7).

9. Container (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the internal
cylindrical wall coaxial to said closure means (3) of the male type (14)
comprises positioning means of the chamfer type.

10. Container (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the device
for controlling the internal atmosphere (20) is preferably a dehydrating
agent.

11. Container (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the device
for controlling the internal atmosphere (20) of the container is of the
porous capsule type, containing an absorbent product or a monolithic
absorber.

12. Container (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that when the
device for controlling the internal atmosphere of the container (1) is of
the porous capsule type containing a absorbent product, said capsule is
placed in the attached base of said container (1) or in the reversible
closure means (3) or in both.

13. Container (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that when the
device for controlling the internal atmosphere (20) of the container is
of the porous capsule type, containing an absorbent product, said capsule
contains at least one of the dehydrating agents selected from the group
consisting of silica gel, dehydrating clay, activated alumina, calcium
oxide, barium oxide, natural or synthetic zeolites, molecular sieve or
the like, or deliquescent salts such as magnesium sulfate, calcium
chloride, aluminum chloride, lithium chloride, calcium bromide, zinc
chloride or the like.

14. Container (1) for packaging products according to claim 1,
characterized in that, when the device for controlling the internal
atmosphere (20) of the container is of the monolithic insert type, said
insert is fitted inside the skirt of the container.

15. Container (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that, when the
device for controlling the internal atmosphere of the container (1) is of
the monolithic insert type, said insert is co-injected by bi-material
injection techniques at the same time as the one-piece container (1)
including the skirt (16), the reversible closure means (3) of the
re-closable hinged cap/lid type, the tamper evidence means (6) and the
safety device (9).

16. Container (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that, when the
device for controlling the internal atmosphere of the container is of the
monolithic insert type, said insert is produced by a combination of at
least one thermoplastic polymer selected from the group consisting of
polyethylenes (PE), polypropylenes (PP), ethylene/propylene copolymers
and mixtures thereof, polyamides (PA), polystyrenes (PS),
acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymers, styrene-acrylonitrile
(SAN) copolymers, polyvinyl chlorides (PVC), polycarbonates (PC),
polymethyl methacrylates (PMMA), polyethylene terephthalates (PET),
polybutylene terephthalates (PBT), polyacetals (POM), and at least one
dehydrating agent selected from the group consisting of silica gel,
dehydrating clay, activated alumina, calcium oxide, barium oxide, natural
or synthetic zeolites, molecular sieve or the like, or deliquescent salts
such as magnesium sulfate, calcium chloride, aluminum chloride, lithium
chloride, calcium bromide, zinc chloride or the like.

17. Container (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the means
for closing the open end of the casing (2) are an attached base (17).

18. Container (1) according to claim 17, characterized in that the
attached base (17) is assembled to the open end of the casing by adjusted
press fitting or snap fitting assembly.

19. Container (1) according to claim 18, characterized in that the
adjusted press fitting or snap fitting assembly is performed by means of
a ring and groove system positioned in the internal end of the open skirt
(16) of the casing (2) and on the external periphery of the attached base
(17).

20. Container (1) according to claim 17, characterized in that the
attached base (17) is assembled to the open end of the casing (2) by
welding.

21. Container (1) according to claim 17, characterized in that the
attached base (17) is assembled to the open end of the casing (2) by
bonding.

23. Container (1) according to claim 22, characterized in that the
thermoplastic polymer compositions comprise nanometric inorganic fillers
of the lamellar clay type.

24. Container (1) according to claim 22, characterized in that the
so-called barrier resins of the ethylene-polyvinyl alcohol (EVOH) or
modified polyamide type are combined with the thermoplastic polymer
compositions in a multilayer structure.

25. Container (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the
one-piece container and the attached base of the container are produced
by plastic processing methods and preferably by means of thermoplastic
polymer compositions from the group consisting of polyethylenes (PE),
polypropylenes (PP), ethylene/propylene copolymers and mixtures thereof.

26. Method for producing the container (1) according to claim 1,
characterized in that the one-piece container (1) is injected into a
configuration corresponding to the open position of the reversible
closure means of the closable cap-lid type (3) and that, when the
one-piece container is automatically removed from the mould, the
reversible closure means of the closable cap-lid type (3) is pivoted by
mechanical movement to another configuration corresponding to the closed
position, without any external intervention.

27. (canceled)

Description:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001]The invention relates to a one-piece container for packaging
products with a base and a cap/lid including a device for controlling the
internal atmosphere, which is filled via the base before the base is
permanently closed.

[0002]The invention relates to a one-piece container for packaging on
machines running at high-speed, for products to be packaged such as, for
example, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food, veterinary or diagnostic
products in any solid form and needing to be supplied via the base, due
to the fact that said products are preferably provided, by the packaging
machine, in the form of a prearranged stack that should not be broken.

[0003]More specifically, the invention relates to a container including a
re-closable cap/lid with an integral hinge, including a device for
controlling its internal atmosphere, with a child safety device and a
tamper evidence means.

PRIOR ART

[0004]Numerous containers comprising an attached base are described in the
technical literature, in particular in that constituted by patent
applications and/or published patents.

[0005]Among these documents, one of them has been used: this document (DE
3519296) describes a container for test tab-type diagnostic products that
are sensitive to moisture. Such a container with a rectangular
cross-section with rounded sides comprises an open end for receiving an
attached base and a partially open end for receiving a lid with an
integral hinge, which lid is adjusted to the shape of said end of the
oblong container body and is mounted by clipage on said end so as to be
capable of closing the opening thereof.

[0006]The base tightly attached to the open end of the container, after
filling thereof, is equipped with a drying device. The container does not
have a first-opening evidence means and does not have a device making it
difficult for children to open it.

[0007]Such a container does not satisfy all of the current requirements of
use, in particular safety requirements.

[0008]Moreover, such a container must be produced in two operations, an
operation of injection moulding of the container body and an operation of
injection moulding of the cap with an integral hinge with its means for
clipage on the container body. Such a container production is thus very
restrictive in terms of automation. It requires two moulds and a separate
assembly of the two parts moulded independently of the final closure of
the base. Such a container cannot satisfy the current mass-production and
cost-cutting requirements.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0009]A problem to be solved is that of producing a container offering the
usage functions to which a user is accustomed, i.e. a container:

[0010]a) provided with: [0011]reversible closure means of the
re-closable hinged cap/lid-type making it possible to re-close the
container after a tablet has been taken, and before the next one is
taken, protecting the contents between two openings and thus making it
possible, if means for controlling the internal atmosphere of the
container are present, for said means to act, for example, by absorbing
an excess of moisture; [0012]means for controlling the internal
atmosphere of the container, in particular in the case of products
sensitive to moisture; [0013]optionally a tamper evidence means, thus
enabling each end user to verify the physical integrity of the container
and therefore of its contents when the container is first opened, this
tamper evidence means is destroyed upon first opening so that the
contents can be accessed, then removed, and thus providing evidence that
the container has been opened; [0014]optionally childproof safety means,
so as to significantly limit the risks associated with an opening of the
container, in particular of pharmaceutical products, by a child not
capable of understanding the potential danger of the drugs thus accessed;

[0015]b) while providing, during the filling step, the possibility of
handling, and more specifically of easily inserting into the container,
the products to be packaged, when said products are provided in a stack.
Such stacks with predetermined numbers of tablets have the advantage of
making it possible to maximize the number of tablets in the given volume
of the container, better than what could be obtained with bulk
insertions. In addition, such a stack insertion prevents the risks of
mechanical deterioration by friction and abrasion, for potentially
friable products. Indeed, friable products would not withstand high-speed
bulk insertion into a container, if the insertion had to be done by a
feed shoot, for example, through an opening positioned at the top of the
container, as is the case in conventional filling installations, with
containers of the prior art;

[0016]c) and of enabling, with a closure means, the automatic and final
closure of the open base of the container, with the largest possible
dimension, that was used for the filling, when the container has
effectively been filled.

[0017]The invention is thus intended to respond to the problems raised for
the designer and to overcome all or some of the disadvantages mentioned
above, and thus constitute a significant improvement with respect to the
prior art.

[0018]Thus, the invention relates to a container for packaging products
including: [0019](i) a casing formed by a skirt extending over the
entire height of the body of said container, of which the base is open
before filling, (ii) reversible closure means of the closable cap-lid
type with a hinge connecting the reversible closure means to the casing,
(iii) optionally a tamper evidence means, (iv) optionally childproof
safety means, (v) and means for closing the open end of the casing;
[0020]and is characterized in that said container includes a device for
controlling the internal atmosphere.

[0021]Another object of the invention is the use of the container for
packaging products to be packaged, more specifically of the
pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food, veterinary or diagnostic type, which may
or may not be sensitive and require specific protection from the external
environment, for example protection against moisture.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0022]The one-piece assembly formed by the casing of the container, the
reversible hinged closure means, the optional tamper evidence means, and
the optional childproof safety means according to the invention, is
produced by techniques of injection moulding thermoplastic materials, and
integrates, in a single piece, all of the conventional functions of a
container, in particular a pharmaceutical container. In addition, it very
specifically comprises a skirt forming the container body and extending
over the entire height of the body of said container.

[0023]The one-piece assembly is thus equipped with reversible closure
means of the cap/lid type, with an integral hinge, i.e. made of the same
material as the elements that are connected by these connection means
constituted by the hinge, between the re-closable cap/lid and the casing.
Such an integral hinge can be designed so as to have a mechanism enabling
it to pivot easily in only two positions, a so-called "wide opening"
position and a so-called "closed" position, which mechanism is
constituted by means for assisting the opening and closing of the
cap/lid.

[0024]The one-piece assembly can also be equipped with tamperproof means,
i.e. a first-opening evidence means. This first-opening evidence means is
constituted by a membrane of which the planar shape is that of the
cross-section of the upper end of the casing, such as, for example, the
discharge aperture of the body of the container, which can be, for
example, a neck. This membrane is connected, by its periphery, to the
internal surface of the discharge aperture of the container body, closing
the container in a completely tight manner in spite of the fact that the
re-closable cap/lid can be opened. This thin membrane is connected by its
periphery to the internal surface of the discharge aperture of the body
of the container by means of a thinner, breakable area, which can thus
easily be torn when a tearing force is exerted, by the first user, by
pulling means securely connected to this membrane, such as, for example,
a gripping ring securely connected to the membrane. In this case, the
user can put a finger in this gripping ring and tear the thin area of the
membrane, thus freeing the aperture. This gripping ring is also injection
moulded in a single operation and in one piece with the membrane, and
therefore with the aforementioned one-piece assembly.

[0025]This membrane is positioned so that it is set back from the upper
end of the aperture of the container body, thus leaving a space available
for housing the gripping ring when the cap/lid is in the closed position.
The design of the gripping ring can be such that the plane that it forms
with the plane of the membrane enables easy insertion of the end user's
finger. A certain elasticity of the materials optionally enables this
gripping ring to return by elasticity to a plane forming an angle of
around 45° with the plane formed by the membrane, if it was
crushed by the cap/lid when the latter was closed.

[0026]The one-piece assembly can also include childproof safety means, so
as to significantly limit the risks associated with a possible opening of
the container. These means are a device that consists of a lug located on
the external periphery of the aperture of the container body, in a
position diametrically opposite the hinge and being housed in a suitable
recess provided for this purpose on the re-closable cap/lid. However,
such a lug can be engaged in its recess only insofar as said re-closable
cap/lid has a certain capacity to be deformed under the effect of two
opposite pressure forces, exerted by the user in a diametrical plane
perpendicular to the plane formed by the lug and the hinge, which planes
both pass through the axis of the container, thus forcing the external
cylinder constituting the cap/lid to take on an oval shape, and therefore
to increase its diametrical dimension, and thus release the lug from its
recess.

[0027]To perfectly position this diametrical pressure, created by two
fingers of the hand, two areas having a surface roughness have been
created on the external face of the cap/lid. These areas having a surface
roughness, indicating the two pressure points, can be constituted, for
example, by grooves or by any other means such as a surface portion with
increased mattness, making it possible simultaneously to identify the
position of the fingers and to limit the sliding effect of the fingers on
the cap/lid.

[0028]The cap/lid comprises a projecting tab that allows to exert an
upward pressure on the hinged cap/lid, thus causing it to open by
pivoting.

[0029]The cap/lid and the casing of the container also comprise means
making it possible to achieve good tightness between the aperture of the
container and the cap/lid when it is closed, once the first-opening
evidence membrane has been torn and removed. The means for creating this
good tightness include: [0030]in the cap/lid, an internal cylindrical
wall coaxial to said cap/lid of the male type, having means for
positioning when the cap/lid is closed, such as a chamfer, [0031]in the
extension of the casing and above the tamper evidence means, a
cylindrical wall of the female type.

[0032]These male and female cylindrical walls are adjusted to one another
when the cap/lid is closed so as to create the tightness of the
container, once it is being used.

[0033]The one-piece assembly comprises in particular a skirt with a length
so that it forms the container body.

[0034]This skirt may have a cylindrical or elliptical or polygonal
cross-section. To facilitate the equipment production, it is preferably
cylindrical.

[0035]This skirt has a sizeable opening in terms of cross-section,
generally larger than the cross-section of the products to be packaged,
thus enabling mechanical systems, for example with pistons, available on
the packaging machines, to very precisely position a stack of products to
be packaged inside the skirt forming the container body, even though bulk
filling remains possible. The open end of the skirt is then permanently
closed by an attached end once the container has been filled.

[0036]The skirt, forming the container body, has, at its open end, at
least one means for irreversible connection with the attached closure
base. These irreversible connection means can be press fitting, which
makes it possible in particular to assemble the attached base to the
skirt by a simple pressure, with a ring system that is fitted into a
groove. The ring and groove system is positioned in the internal end of
the open skirt of the casing and on the external periphery of the
attached base. A certain elasticity and adjustment of the stiffness of
the materials constituting the one-piece assembly and the base makes it
possible to securely assemble such an assembly.

[0037]Welding or bonding may also be considered according to requirements.
Preferably, the assembly is performed by adjusted press-fitting or
snap-fitting between the ring and groove. This assembly between the
attached base and the open end of the skirt is also tight.

[0038]The means for controlling the internal atmosphere of the container
can be of the porous capsule type, containing an absorbent product or a
monolithic absorber, i.e. made of a polymer material matrix receiving
absorbent inorganic materials or specific polymers having an affinity for
the gaseous pollutant present in situ.

[0039]When the means for controlling the internal atmosphere of the
container is of the porous capsule type, this capsule may contain at
least one of the dehydrating agents selected from the group consisting of
silica gel, dehydrating clay, activated alumina, calcium oxide, barium
oxide, natural or synthetic zeolites, molecular sieve or the like, or
deliquescent salts such as magnesium sulfate, calcium chloride, aluminum
chloride, lithium chloride, calcium bromide, zinc chloride or the like.

[0040]Said capsule may be placed in the base of the container or in the
reversible closure means or in both.

[0041]When the means for controlling the internal atmosphere of the
container are of the monolithic absorber type, this absorber can be an
insert, for example, a dehydrating insert, which has a shape identical to
that of said skirt and is inserted therein, and preferably has a
cylindrical shape. Such an insert is then positioned according to a
lining inside the skirt forming a container. Its external surface may be
adjusted, by close contact, with the entire internal surface of the skirt
or optionally come into contact with longitudinal ribs on the internal
surface of the skirt.

[0042]This dehydrating element positioned in a circumferential cylindrical
lining can also be produced by bi-material co-injection with said
one-piece assembly.

[0043]This monolithic absorber-type insert or this internal coating
constituting the means for controlling the internal atmosphere of the
container may be produced by a combination of the same thermoplastic
polymers or copolymers as those used to produce the one-piece assembly
and the attached base, with at least one dehydrating agent, mentioned
above in the list concerning the production of dehydrating capsules, in a
specific compounding operation.

[0044]The casing, the cap/lid with an integrated hinge, the tamper
evidence means, and the childproof safety means are injection moulded in
a single operation, and constitute the one-piece assembly made of a
single material. In addition, the injected cap/lid may be closed when the
mould is opened after injection and thus produce a complete assembly
ready to be sent to the packager.

[0045]The one-piece assembly is injected in a configuration corresponding
to the "wide open" position of the cap/lid, so as to facilitate the mould
production and stripping. Nevertheless, when the one-piece assembly is
automatically removed from the mould, the cap/lid is pivoted, by
mechanical movement, to another configuration corresponding to the
"closed" position, without any external intervention.

[0046]A person skilled in the art will appreciate the enormous increase in
productivity of such a design with substantially integrated functions.

[0049]Nanometric inorganic fillers such as lamellar clays may be combined
with the polymer materials listed above, in compounding operations. Such
inorganic fillers are preferably clays and are selected from the group of
smectites, consisting of monmorillonite, nontronite, beidellite,
volkonskoite, hectorite, saponite, sanconite, magadiite, and kenyaite,
the vermiculite group, and the group of illites such as ledikite. These
clays have constitutive lamellar surfaces with a capacity to exchange
ions with an organo-ionic compound to which they are exposed for the
purpose of exfoliation, so as to form nanometer-sized inorganic elements
that are fully dispersible in the thermoplastic polymer matrix, without
re-agglomeration during production of the compound. These fillers have
been previously treated by any known technique, for example a cationic
technique, so as to activate a first separation of the laminae and
possibly a capacity for bonding of functionalized groups of the chain of
a compatibilizing agent when present. These particles of nanometric size
forming lamellar layers have a capacity to increase the path of gaseous
molecules passing through the thermoplastic matrix and thus make it
possible to produce materials with improved barrier properties. Other
well-known additives of the prior art, such as micrometric inorganic
fillers, for example, calcium carbonates, pigments and dyes, stabilizers
and lubricants may be added to the polymer materials cited above.

[0050]Specific polymer materials such as so-called barrier resins, i.e.
having high barrier properties to gases, including water vapor, oxygen
and carbon gas as well as other gaseous pollutants present in the
atmosphere, of the polyvinyl ethylene-alcohol (EVOH) type or of the
modified polyamide type, may be, in part, used to produce the container
according to the invention. These resins are then combined with the
polymer materials described above, and constitute the structure of the
container, in the form of an internal barrier layer encapsulated between
two layers of structural polymer materials. These so-called barrier
resins of the polyvinyl ethylene-alcohol (EVOH) or modified polyamide
type are combined with the thermoplastic polymer compositions in a
multi-layer structure. Such multi-layer constructions are obtained by any
multi-material co-injection technique, sequential or other, well known
from the prior art in the field of plastic processing.

[0051]Such so-called barrier resins may also be formulated so as to modify
the absorption or adhesion properties.

[0052]Polyolefins, and in particular polypropylenes, are preferably
selected to form the container structure because such polymer materials
have an excellent capacity for developing integral hinges, while
combining a certain stiffness and resilience. They are also easy to
mould.

[0053]The invention can be better understood in view of the following
numbered description of the figures, which are provided solely for
illustrative and non-limiting purposes, of a particular drying container
of the invention.

[0054]FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a container with its hinged
cap/lid in the open position;

[0055]FIG. 2 shows a cross-section and perspective view of the container
according to the invention, making it possible to observe the closure
forming a casing with its cap/lid in the closed position and the
associated base, in a configuration deploying, at the level of the base,
a dehydrating device;

[0056]FIG. 3 shows a cross-section and perspective view of the container
according to the invention, making it possible to observe the closure
forming a casing with its cap/lid in the closed position and the
associated base, in a configuration deploying a dehydrating device in the
form of an insert fitting in the inside of the skirt of the closure
forming the container body.

[0057]FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the container (1) according to
the invention. This container is constituted by a closure forming a
casing (2) and an attached base (17) closing the casing of the container
body.

[0058]The closure forming a casing (2) is provided with reversible closure
means of the re-closable cap/lid type (3) with an integral hinge (4),
connecting the re-closable cap/lid (3) to the support constituted by the
neck (5) of the container body.

[0059]The assembly of the closure forming a casing (2) is also provided
with a tamper evidence means or first-opening evidence means (6). This
first-opening evidence means (6) is constituted by a membrane (7) that is
tearable, or frangible, capable of being removed by a pulling force
exerted by the first user, for example, by pulling on a gripping ring (8)
securely connected to the membrane.

[0060]The assembly of the closure forming a casing (2) is also provided
with a childproof safety device (9). This device consists of a lug (10)
located on the external periphery of the neck of the container body, in a
position diametrically opposite the hinge and being housed in a suitable
recess (11) provided for this purpose on the re-closable cap/lid (3). Two
areas of surface roughness (12) indicate the two pressure points enabling
to ovalize the cap/lid shape and to release the lug from its recess.

[0061]The cap/lid (3) comprises a projecting tab (13) that facilitates its
opening with a movement exerted upward causing the cap/lid (3) to pivot
about its hinge (4).

[0062]The good tightness between the neck (5) of the container body and
the cap/lid is ensured by a male cylinder (14) present on the mobile
internal part of the cap/lid fitting in the female part constituted by
the container neck (15).

[0063]The closure assembly comprises in particular a skirt (16) with a
length so that it forms the body of the container. The open end of the
skirt (16) is permanently closed by a base (17) once the container (1)
has been filled.

[0064]This skirt, which forms the casing body of the container, has, at
its end, at least one means for irreversible connection with the closure
base. These irreversible connection means can be press fitting, which
makes it possible in particular to assemble the base to the skirt by a
simple pressure, with a ring system (18) that is fitted into a groove
(19), so as to achieve a tight assembly that is easy to implement.

[0065]FIG. 2 shows a cross-section and perspective view of the container
(1) according to the invention, making it possible to observe the closure
forming a casing (2) with its cap/lid (3) in the closed position and the
associated base (17), in a configuration deploying, at the level of the
base, a dehydrating device (20).

[0066]FIG. 3 shows a cross-section and perspective view of the container
(1) according to the invention, making it possible to observe the closure
forming a casing (2) with its cap/lid (3) in the closed position and the
associated base (17), in a configuration deploying a dehydrating device
in the form of an insert (21) fitting in the skirt of the closure forming
the container body.